British Comedy Guide

Kind Hearts And Coronets (1950)

  • Radio comedy drama
  • BBC Home Service
  • 1950
  • 1 episode (1 series)

A 1950 adaptation of the Ealing comedy starring the BBC Drama Repertory. Stars Griffith Jones, Lydia Sherwood, Gabrielle Blunt, Margaret Vines, Harry Hutchinson and more.

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Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
1950
Channel
BBC Home Service
Episodes
1
Creator
Roy Horniman
Stars
Griffith Jones, Lydia Sherwood, Gabrielle Blunt, Margaret Vines, Harry Hutchinson, Charles Leno, Tristan Rawson, Christopher Gill and more
Writers
Robert Hamer, John Dighton and Gilbert Travers Thomas
Producers
Archie Campbell and Norman Wright
Company

Adaptation of the 1949 Ealing comedy film Kind Hearts and Coronets, performed on the BBC Home Service, starring the BBC Drama Repertory.

Griffith Jones plays Louis, murdering his way to dukedom, while various members of the BBC Drama Repertory take on the roles of the D'Ascoyne family.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Soundtrack
Uses music taken from the soundtrack of the original film.

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 25th September 1950 at 9:15pm on BBC Home Service
Episode length
45 minutes

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